[nfb-talk] [nfbnh-news] Independently Voting in 2006

[dmgina]

Wow done by phone.
That is grate.
Now I can't wait until we can do this from home by phone.
I love to see progress.


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Meskys" <edmeskys at localnet.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] [nfbnh-news] Independently Voting in 2006


> Steve Hoad posted his positive experience using the phone/fax voting 
> system.
> Interesting that Maine used the same system, tho he was concerned that if 
> no
> one else used it his ballot would not be secret. Here in NH the election
> officials were told to use it so there would be a number of other faxed
> ballots to mask yours. When I voted in Moultonboro around 3 PM no one else
> from the general public had used it, but eight election officials had.
> It worked perfectly tho it was slow. I had skipped one contest on purpose,
> and when I finished it reminded me of this and directed me how to go back. 
> I
> did so. There were two propositions and it offered to read them before I
> voted, but did not insist that I do so.
>
> It took me far longer to vote than it took my wife, so she got fat eating
> the post-voting bribes of chocolate always given out at the Moultonboro
> polls.
>
> The buttons on the phone were very large and several times I did not move
> far enough to the right to hit "6" for next candidate, but its speech
> corrected my actions.
>
> I am carboning this to NFB-talk for the sake of those there monitoring the
> success of accessible voting nation wide. I have forgotten where I was
> supposed to write, but I figure it will be picked up there.
>
> Best,
>
>
> Edmund R. Meskys
> NIEKAS Publications
> National Federation of the Blind of N.H.
> Moultonboro Lions Club
> edmeskys at localnet.com
> 322 Whittier Hwy
> Moultonboro NH 03254-3627
> my credo:
> Clinton lied, nothing happened
> Bush lied, thousands died
> and over 3,000 permanently brain injured
>
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